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This Is Me: And My Sisters, Episode 5

DIRECTOR: Rhys Ernst

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For years, transgender women lived in fear of hanging out together, lest they become targets of violence. Here, artist, actor, and decorator Van Barnes, comedic iconoclast Miss Barbie-Q, and artist-filmmaker Zackary Drucker proudly and bravely bond in public, offering a glimpse of rarely seen transfeminine sisterhood.